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a change of heart // the new era

[claraoswin]

Listen. Whatever happens at least we’re together

[peterrrcapaldi]

I’m just a bloke in a box telling stories.

[seekelsey]

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[lasylphidedubolchoi]

Les Sylphides

Photos by Ekaterina Lyzhina

[rjamme]

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[ridleydaisy]

[mydollyaviana]

Disney vs. 7 early fairytales 

[calanthesfeuillemort]

The 1812 version of Snow White is even worse when you consider that the girl was only seven years old in the tale (plus her unconscious body ended up being carted around by the prince until one of his servants accidentally woke her up).  Also, in The Little Mermaid, the mermaid’s unable to speak because she had her tongue cut out >__<

But I’d love to see faithful adaptations of the original tales.  Especially Bluebeard.  We need a Bluebeard adaptation.

[maliceandvice-deactivated201512]

Actually, the original-original pre-Grimm Brothers’ stories that were passed around Europe via oral tradition are nowhere near as violent as the Grimm’s made them. Cinderella’s stepsisters were never ugly and kept their eyes, Snow White’s mother was not even a villain (instead a group of bandits were), and instead of spending the whole story napping Sleeping Beauty outwitted a dangerous bandit leader, wouldn’t let him sleep with her, and saved herself. 

The original oral stories were radically changed by the Brothers Grimm to fit their personal and political beliefs. Most notably, they often added in female characters solely for the purpose of making them evil villains and took away most of the heroines’ agency and intelligence. Both brothers belonged to a small fanatical sect of Catholicism that vilified women because of the idea of Original Sin and Wilhelm in particular had a particularly deep hatred of women. The Grimms were actually pretty horrible people. Those cannibalistic queens and ugly stepsisters and the mass amount of violence against women didn’t exist until the Grimms wanted them to. Their ideas stuck so soundly though that we now assume they were in the original tales and that these terrible characters and ideas come out of some perceived barbaric Old World culture. But in truth they’re really the Grimms’ weird obsession with hating women showing through. The original oral folklore focused on the heroes’ and heroines’ good deeds and used them as ways to teach cultural norms and a society’s rules and encouraged girls to be quick-witted and street-savvy instead of passive princesses, and the Grimms promptly stripped that all away. 

[thestoutorialist]

“Grimms Bad Girls and Bold Boys” by Ruth Bottingheimer is an excellent book on this

[archgynoid]

We had to read The Book of Lost Things for school and it’s Grimm level crazy 

[theroguefeminist]

Not only that, you’re skipping out a really important thing: the brother’s grimm got those tales from WOMEN, women were the ones who would tell these tales orally and the brother’s grimm took them, altered them to be sexist and never gave the women credit. You can read Clever Maids the Secret History The Grimm Fairytales for more info

[serenadestrong]

reblogging for the excellent commentary

[kind-cult]

oh I never knew this holy shit

[17mul]

fka-tr1g

[mademadly]

[fluoradol]

“Riding through the room something beautiful” [x]

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Panic! At The Disco : Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover)

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[heavydirtysoulss]

reblog to save a classic-rock-emo’s life

[swamp-songs]

tips for what to do after a really long cry because you’re probably feeling all kinds of exhausted and drained and i don’t want that for you in the slightest:

take a shower and change all of your clothes even your socks and underwear. this is the first step to everything. 

pour yourself a big, cold glass of water and drink it. all of it. once you’re done, get yourself a refill. this will boost u physically and emotionally instantly please trust me.

grab a snack, something light that you don’t have to wait to prepare. i recommend a pudding cup, a piece of fruit, yogurt, a popsicle, or some crackers. 

get under the covers. turn on something - tv, a movie, music, anything distracting. or consider calling a friend or talking to anyone nearby, even your sibling the next room over!!

know that you are loved. you are important. you mean more than you know right now, more than you will maybe ever know. you are worth all the stars in the sky. you deserve to feel good. 

[afatfox]

please make sure you stay super hydrated afterwards if you can’t during.  the body has a funny way of punishing you via headache for being sad and you don’t deserve that, so drink<333

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[souliejolie]

Ocean’s Thirteen Premiere, 2007.

[waterfashion]

I’m becoming more silent these days. I’m speaking less and less in public. But my eyes, god damn, my eyes see everything.